Engineering for hospitality

Every call. Answered. Booked.

An AI host picks up when your team can’t, and books the table on the call.

An AI receptionist for UK hospitality venues that answers the phone in under a second, checks live availability and books straight into the Stampede day planner.

MacSporran’sScottish tapas · demo venue
Line open
The AI host, on the line+44 7427 821 846
Try asking
  • “Have you got a table for 4 on Saturday?”
  • “Do you do anything gluten-free?”
  • “Could we take over the place for a 40th?”

A real diary. Book a table and it lands in MacSporran’s planner, with the confirmation email in your inbox.

Powering 2,500+ UK venues

Art HospitalityNº 90OIR GroupFolkPlonk'dPetiscoSankey'sWild InnsThe StablesCoast & CountrySiam NiyomVietnamese Street KitchenHowiesCaldera
La-YamRadioPizza PunksBuoy & OysterThe Northern CollectiveVittoria GroupAmarettoNo.12 Hotel & BistroThe Truffled HogMalonesKneadThe George at BurnhamFifteenOmomo
The Welsh HouseFuegoValiant Pub CompanyParadise PalmsFat HippoThe BoundaryArtisan InnkeepersFauna BrewingSmoke BBQMount EdgcumbeRocca GroupPotyoOrnithologyRico Libre
The problem

Ringing out.

One Friday service. Six calls, five never answered.

The same six calls, twice

Before

No answer after 11 rings
Calls · Friday5 missed
  • 18:42Sarah MitchellRang out · 11 rings
  • 19:0607700 900 412Answered by the team · booked 2 covers
  • 19:24Callum ReidRang out · 9 rings
  • 20:11Priya ShahRang out · 12 rings
  • 22:48Olivia GrantVoicemail · “a table for tomorrow?”
  • 23:15James CarterVoicemail · “about a party in March”
  • The phone rings out in the middle of service
  • After close it goes to a voicemail nobody hears till the morning
  • By the time you call back, they have booked elsewhere

After

Answered in under a second
Calls · Friday0 missed
  • 18:42Sarah MitchellBooked · 8 covers · Fri 19:30
  • 19:0607700 900 412Answered by the team · booked 2 covers
  • 19:24Callum ReidBooked · 4 covers · Sat 18:30
  • 20:11Priya ShahNote for the team · wants a call back
  • 22:48Olivia GrantBooked · 6 covers · Sun 13:00
  • 23:15James CarterEnquiry raised · 40th · about 30 guests
  • The team answers when they can, the agent takes the rest
  • Real tables booked on the call, big parties taken as enquiries
  • Each one in the diary or the inbox, nothing on a notepad
Same night, same calls. The difference is who picks up when your team cannot.
How it works

Answer, check, book.

The phone rings, the agent picks up, and the booking lands in your diary.

Answers, checks, books
01Answers

In under a second

It greets the caller by your venue name, at any hour, mid-service or after close.

02Checks

Your live availability

It offers real times and your real booking types, from Sunday lunch to the chef’s table.

03Books

Straight into the diary

The booking is made on the call, tagged as a phone booking, with the confirmation email on its way.

In practice

Call to diary.

Her table is in the planner before she hangs up.

01The AI host answers
AI host · on a call0:41
SarahHave you got a table for 8 on Friday? It’s my birthday.
AI hostHappy birthday! Half seven is free for 8. Can I take your email?
Booked · 8 covers · Fri 19:30
02In the diary
Day planner · FriPhone booking
171819202122
T4
T7
8Sarah M
T9
T12
Confirmation emailed · booked by the AI host
A real conversation

It greets callers by your venue name and talks through what they need.

Careful with the details

Names and emails spelled back, party size, date and time read back.

Booked on the call

Into the day planner against live availability, tagged as a phone booking.

On the guest’s profile

The same record as every other booking, so they are known next time.

The toolkit

Built for phones.

Set up the way your venue already works, from the same screen as your bookings.

Call handling
Ring the venue first
Ring time before the AI answers20s
Venue first12:00 to 22:00

Staff first, if you like

Ring your own phones first and let the agent catch what nobody picks up, with different hours for service and after close.

Voice and greeting
Warm, Scottish

Hiya first name, thanks for calling venue!

EnglishEspañolFrançaisItaliano

Your voice, your greeting

Pick the voice, write the opening line, and greet regulars by name. It follows whichever language the caller speaks.

Free on Friday · 8 covers
18:3019:0019:3021:00
Sharing tableBar seatsSunday lunch

Real times, real tables

It reads your live availability and offers your own booking types, then books it into the day planner on the call.

Read back to the caller
MITCHELL
8 people · Friday · 7:30pm

Spelled back

Names and emails confirmed letter by letter, party size, date and time read back before anything is booked.

Taken as an enquiry
James Carter · a 40thAbout 30 guests · Sat 14 Mar · £45 a head
Note for the teamPriya wants a call back about a gift voucher

Enquiries and notes

Big parties and private hire are taken as an enquiry, and a caller who wants a person gets a note left for the team.

Call · 18:422:14
Sarah Have you got a table for 8 on Friday?AI host Half seven is free. Can I take your email?
Booked · answered by the agent

Every call logged

Duration and outcome for every call, and a full transcript of every one the agent answers.

Proof

The proof.

Operators running on Stampede, in their own numbers.

Food at the George & Dragon, a Sankey's venue
4.59 → 4.80Google rating, year on year
2.3×average bill from email bookings
“Having everything under one roof is simply superior, full stop.”
Matthew Sankey, owner, Sankey'sRead the story
A Sunday roast at an ART Hospitality venue
24,604covers in a single month
0.3%no-show rate across eight venues
“You innovate at a rate I have never seen in a software company.”
Edwin Kirk, founding director, ART HospitalityRead the story
A dish being finished at Howies, Edinburgh
3,920guests enriched with real spend
6 weekstheir first six weeks with Stampede
“Every payment lands on the guest who made it now. Everything a guest does with us, online and in our venues, finally joins up in one view.”
Louis Scott, Howies, EdinburghFull story coming soon
89%
Wi-Fi marketing opt-in rate
55p
average value of a guest contact
2,500+
UK venues run on Stampede
How we measure these figures
Why Stampede

One diary.

Phone bookings land in the same system as everything else.

One diary

Not a second system

A phone booking lands in the same day planner as your booking page, with the same tables and rules. No re-keying from a message service.

One guest

Known next time

The booking attaches to the guest’s profile, so the caller is recognised on their next visit, and their email is right because it was spelled back.

Your team

Still in charge

Staff answer when they can and the agent catches the rest. Every call is on the record, so you see exactly what the line brings in.

Guides

The how-to.

The steps venues use to fix it, whatever system they run, and where Stampede does each one.

  • Deposit · Sat 20:00 · 6£60.00
    Megan O’NeillBooked on your page
    Card ending 2291Mon 12:40Paid, and recorded on the booking
    Guide · 4 steps

    How to reduce restaurant no-shows

    Four habits that stop booked tables sitting empty, whatever system you run.

  • Pre-order · Olivia’s party12 of 16 ordered
    OliviaShort rib
    CallumHake, brown butterGF
    AishaWild mushroom risottoV
    GillianSquash tartVG
    +8 more ordered · 4 still to choose
    Guide · 4 steps

    How to take group bookings and pre-orders without the admin

    The enquiry, the deposit and every plate, sorted before the night.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions.

Never miss one.

See Voice AI answer for your venue in a live walkthrough with our team.